£350 to be a team mascot at the Lane?

[Tony 10]

I've heard that clubs charge the kids to be a mascot these days. From £350 at Bramall Lane to a few thousand at the proper Premiership clubs.

 

If so, it seems that the Club doesn't need much luck from a young mascot - it's making its own.

 

Does anyone know any more detail?

[Robbie Loving 10]

eah, it is true about charging.

 

I don't believe the bigger teams like manure/chelsea charge though.

[shuwarrior51 10]

they charg but they make a day of it for them and their families.

 

hate to go all Mick Rooker on you:

 

but at SUFC, they not only get to be premiership mascots but get tours of the ground for them and their family, goodie bags full of merchandise, meet the players, see the players changing rooms etc...

 

not sure if a meal is included....but its not some "yurn up 15mins before KO and they chuck you on't pitch...

[Tony 10]

... but isn't the club big enough to do that without charging parents for a kiddies special treat?

 

It's greed of the highest magnitude in my opinion and rather pathetic of the club to be charging for this long standing tradition.

[Robbie Loving 10]

... but isn't the club big enough to do that without charging parents for a kiddies special treat?

 

It's greed of the highest magnitude in my opinion and rather pathetic of the club to be charging for this long standing tradition.

 

but all clubs do it, even your sheffield wednesday.

 

yes it is greed, but thats the way things are with football these days

[littleboo 10]

I do think that it is rather expensive, even if you do get the goody bags etc... there are going to be a lot of kids who's parents simply can't afford £350 on top of a season ticket for themselves and the kid plus the football kit and other accessories and then there's the away games!

 

I'm sure all clubs do do it but perhaps there should be a large discount for season ticket holders.

[ANGELUS 10]

If you want your kids to be a mascot and make it an extra special experience for them - I'd pay £350 for it.

[Tony 10]

I now know they all do it, and I think it stinks that ANY of them do. Being a mascot was something that was open to all, not just those with £350 (or that x10 for some clubs) just for a day around the club. It smacks of the worst kind of profiteering.

 

Lucky mascot? The clubs get lucky every time with this one.

[Greenback 10]

I remember one report a couple of years back of a club who charged kids to be ball boys.

 

Football clubs have a thorough disregard for their supporters and it gets worse the higher up the scale you go.

 

The players kiss the badge when they score on a Saturday, the following Monday desperately avoiding signing autographs for the eager kids locked outside the gates of the training ground via a security escort.

[JFKvsNixon 11]

I think I remember a discusion about this on the radio, Newcastle charge £9000 if I remember correctly.

[Grandad.Malky 11]

Different clubs include different things in their mascot package a number of tickets to the game, tour of ground, photo session, full kit, meal’s etc, difficult to compare without knowing what’s included

[Guderian 10]

Man United dont charge anything. Newcastle dont either, and the same applies for a couple more teams.